Maxine’s Catering & Bittersweet Bakers, located in the Hudson Valley, specializes in wedding cakes, specialty cakes, cupcakes, desserts, pastries and cookies always made custom for your special event.
At Maxine’s Catering & Bittersweet Bakers all wedding and specialty cakes are prepared using only the finest ingredients- imported butter, the freshest cream, imported chocolates, fresh local fruits in season and high quality jams and preserves.
For over 25 years their team has worked closely with every client offering a personal approach and meticulous attention to detail to create a unique, beautiful and delicious cake or dessert for any celebration. The Cake Design Team has brought their extensive talents from years of experience creating beautiful and unique wedding cakes. They are known throughout the region for their eye for detail, creative ideas and delicious tasting cakes and desserts.
Some of the Maxine’s Catering & Bittersweet Bakerscake flavors (Gluten free options available):
- YELLOW CAKE – a deliciously moist, vanilla flavored cake
- CHOCOLATE – a dark, intensely chocolate cake with a hint of coffee flavor
- LEMON POPPY SEED – a white cake filled with poppy seeds flavored with lemon (iced with lemon flavored cream cheese or butter cream icing)
- HONEY ROSEMARY – a rustic style cake flavored with honey and fresh rosemary
- BANANA WALNUT – fresh banana flavored cake with walnuts
- CARROT – uniquely flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cardamom and allspice
Some of the filling flavors:
- GANACHE – a rich chocolate filling that is a cross between a truffle and a mousse
- BUTTER CREAM – by itself or with a layer of the preserve of your choice: raspberry, strawberry, apricot, blueberry, blackberry
- BAVARIAN CREAM – a traditional vanilla flavored custard filling. Also can be flavored with chocolate, coffee, white chocolate
- FRUIT PRESERVES & JAMS – Raspberry, Stawberry, Blueberry, Blackberry, Apricot
- HAZELNUT GANACHE- mixed with Nutella
Some of the icings
- ITALIAN MERINGUE BUTTER CREAM – a rich and creamy, white icing made with imported butter, egg whites, sugar and vanilla
- CREAM CHEESE ICING – a fluffy white icing made with butter, cream cheese and confectioner’s sugar
- BUTTER CREAM CAN BE FLAVORED WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: DARK, MILK OR WHITE CHOCOLATE, LEMON, ORANGE, ALMOND, COFFEE, OR MOCHA
- CARAMEL BUTTER CREAM – flavored with caramel